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Who painted the portraits?
« on: January 30, 2008, 09:41:06 PM »
Does anyone the name(s) of the artist(s) who painted the portraits used on DS?  I've always wondered who actually painted those marvelous portraits of Barnabas, Quentin, Angelique, etc. 

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Re: Who painted the portraits?
« Reply #1 on: January 31, 2008, 12:06:28 AM »
Milt Honig has been credited with painting the two portraits of Barnabas, the Phoenix, and other early specialized portraits, and later ones were purportedly by NY art students, which I assume includes Quentin's.  Some of them (1897 Laura, PT Angelique, PT Maggie, and probably more) were, I think, photo blowups that were somehow painted over.
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Re: Who painted the portraits?
« Reply #2 on: January 31, 2008, 03:29:55 PM »

 Thanks Midnite!  I'd always wondered who painted those portraits. 
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Re: Who painted the portraits?
« Reply #3 on: January 31, 2008, 05:58:08 PM »
You're welcome!
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Re: Who painted the portraits?
« Reply #4 on: January 31, 2008, 11:52:01 PM »
Fictionally, I think the first Ang portrait and its crudeness is explained by the fact that it was created through witchcraft, and Ang is no artist, unless deception is an art.

Ang portrait #2 is good, and I'm saddened to hear that it was a photo doctored to look like a painting.  It looks like a real painting to me.   
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Re: Who painted the portraits?
« Reply #5 on: February 03, 2008, 01:11:59 AM »
I don't remember a portrait of the Phoenix, just of Laura....

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Re: Who painted the portraits?
« Reply #6 on: February 03, 2008, 07:40:57 AM »
Quote from: Patti on February 03, 2008, 01:11:59 AM
I don't remember a portrait of the Phoenix, just of Laura....

Patti, we're probably thinking of the same one.  You can see a version of it here on the Beginnings DVD #4 cover.
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Re: Who painted the portraits?
« Reply #7 on: February 21, 2008, 04:22:56 PM »
I think that the first portrait of Angelique is very much in the style of that time frame in history. 
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